# Professor Jonathan Haidt's moral foundations theory is referenced

1 Faculty News July 20, 2016 ![Bloomberg View logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/bloombergview_0.jpg?itok=47DlvcFA)>

Excerpt from [Bloomberg View](http://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-07-20/the-republican-convention-translated-for-liberals) -- "[Haidt](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/jonathan-haidt)’s central finding is that across many cultures, human beings have embraced five distinct moral foundations: fairness, avoidance of harm, respect for authority, purity (as opposed to disgust), and loyalty. Contemporary U. S. conservatives embrace all five; liberals emphasize the first two, but care much less about the last three."

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